Does a weight of a barbell plate match what it says? No - not always.This can be very disconcerting. You go to lift the same weight as last week and find it harder. "Oh well," you think "I just don't have as much energy."
I have found variances all over the place. Even at my local gym one set of plates is heavier than the other! My weights set at home is the heaviest of all - with the 20kg plates weighing in at 21.5 kilograms!
The next time you find those weights just a bit heavy, try getting on the scales with and without the plate, and compare the difference.
You might be surprised.
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2 Comments:
Wow! I have thought all this time they were all the same weight but your post does make sense. Are you talking like different brands of weight or the colors weights are different?
By Jared Wash at 9:30 PM
Different brands and different ages. I always wondered why some of the lifters at the gym went for certain plates.
That's when I discovered that those particular plates were accurate - and others weren't.
By Jim at 3:19 PM
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